The Printing press, invented by Johann Gutenberg, was one of the greatest inventions of the Renaissance. The press allowed information to be printed quickly and in mass amounts.
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Seventeenth-century soldiers, one armed with a pike (left), the other with an early musket. (Alan Towse; Ecoscene/Corbis. Reproduced with permission.)
Firearms in the Renaissance were just begining to take off, but even thought there weapons were primitave, they were effective against swords and lances. Firearms were first established in 1326 with the mini cannon the millimete.
Hoffman, James J. "Advances in Firearms." Virtual Reference Library. Gale, 2009.
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